Real Story: Journey from Rag Picking to 1 Crore Turnover Company

Its a story of a 60 years old women from Ahmedabad who was a Rag picker at her 45 but after fifteen year later (At the age of 60) she is making 1 Crore every year from Rag Picking, its unbelievable but it true.

Let me introduce to the Great Women of Ahmedabad named Manjula Vaghela who started Shri Saundarya Safai Utkarsh Mahila Sewa Sahkari Mandali Ltd (SSSUMSSML) with 40 other women offiering commercial cleaning services with the help of Elaben Bhatt-founded Self-Employed Women’s Association (Sewa).

It too 5 years to get her cooperative registered by the authorities. They fist picked their work from the National Institute of Design and from then to now they are working and picking waste materials like Poly Bag, papers, plastic etc from around the Ahmedabad and near by towns and cities.

At present, the cooperative has around 400 members and a big majority of women who are rag pickers, and they are proudly providing services to 45 institutions and societies in Ahmedabad. The workers of this cooperative society are now learning new and efficient techniques.

Manjula Vaghela The Great lady of Ahmedabad is now proudly making 1 Crore Rupees per year from her Rag picking work and proudly inviting all the rag pickers of Ahmedabad to join her cooperative society.

This is called Hard work, this is called passion, they are not just doing work they are also cooperating and helping Govt. of Ahmedabad in cleaning the city with their hard work. We Salute to This Cooperative Society.